Software Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 154 80
Rank change year-on-year +46 -74 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 1,818 1,330 2,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.39% 2.35% 3.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.52% 2.65% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,615 1,101 1,585
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £30,145
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,319 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Software Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -38 425 £60,000 +4.35% 82
North of England +113 419 £50,000 -9.09% 80
South West +68 314 £50,000 +5.26% 49
Midlands +71 273 £47,500 -9.52% 78
North West +93 226 £50,000 -9.09% 44
West Midlands +63 182 £47,500 -9.52% 50
East of England +58 163 £50,000 -9.09% 22
Yorkshire +93 147 £49,500 -12.00% 24
Scotland -24 126 £52,500 +10.53% 25
East Midlands +21 90 £43,000 -14.00% 28
Northern Ireland -6 65 £50,000 +25.00% 4
North East +11 46 £47,500 -11.63% 15
Wales -2 33 £40,000 -9.09% 7
Software Developer
UK

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 972 (53.47%) C#
2 836 (45.98%) .NET
3 503 (27.67%) JavaScript
4 460 (25.30%) Agile
5 457 (25.14%) SQL
6 360 (19.80%) Software Engineering
7 352 (19.36%) Azure
8 334 (18.37%) SQL Server
9 329 (18.10%) Social Skills
10 315 (17.33%) Degree
11 283 (15.57%) Full Stack Development
12 269 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
13 267 (14.69%) .NET Core
14 266 (14.63%) React
15 265 (14.58%) HTML
16 263 (14.47%) DevOps
17 247 (13.59%) Computer Science
18 244 (13.42%) CSS
19 218 (11.99%) MVC
20 215 (11.83%) Java
21 213 (11.72%) ASP.NET
22 211 (11.61%) .NET Framework
23 205 (11.28%) AngularJS
24 204 (11.22%) AWS
25 201 (11.06%) Microsoft
26 186 (10.23%) TypeScript
27 184 (10.12%) Python
28 182 (10.01%) Docker
29 167 (9.19%) Finance
30 156 (8.58%) Git

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (1.27%) CMS
2 10 (0.55%) Mendix
2 10 (0.55%) Umbraco
3 8 (0.44%) Apache
4 7 (0.39%) IIS
4 7 (0.39%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.33%) Confluence
5 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.33%) WordPress
6 5 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.22%) OpenEdge
7 4 (0.22%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.11%) IBM Domino
9 2 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.055%) JBoss
10 1 (0.055%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 18 (0.99%) Simulink
2 13 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.055%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 8 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.39%) BPCS
2 7 (0.39%) Shopify
3 2 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.11%) Infor LN
3 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.11%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 352 (19.36%) Azure
2 204 (11.22%) AWS
3 126 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
4 104 (5.72%) SaaS
5 54 (2.97%) GitHub
6 40 (2.20%) Serverless
7 28 (1.54%) Power Platform
8 27 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (0.99%) GCP
10 17 (0.94%) PowerApps
11 14 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (0.61%) Amazon S3
13 10 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (0.55%) PaaS
14 8 (0.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (0.39%) Azure Service Bus
15 7 (0.39%) Pulumi
16 6 (0.33%) Azure Storage
17 5 (0.28%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.99%) Internet
2 15 (0.83%) Wireless
3 14 (0.77%) Network Security
4 9 (0.50%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.33%) DNS
5 6 (0.33%) Firewall
6 5 (0.28%) 4G
6 5 (0.28%) 5G
7 4 (0.22%) iSCSI
7 4 (0.22%) LAN
7 4 (0.22%) NAS
7 4 (0.22%) VPN
7 4 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.11%) HTTP
8 2 (0.11%) RS-232
8 2 (0.11%) SSL
9 1 (0.055%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.055%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 334 (18.37%) SQL Server
2 110 (6.05%) MySQL
3 96 (5.28%) NoSQL
4 53 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
4 53 (2.92%) Relational Database
5 30 (1.65%) Redis
6 27 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 21 (1.16%) MongoDB
8 18 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
9 14 (0.77%) Power BI
10 11 (0.61%) GIS
11 9 (0.50%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
12 8 (0.44%) SQLite
13 6 (0.33%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (0.22%) Couchbase
15 3 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 156 (8.58%) Git
2 98 (5.39%) Visual Studio
3 27 (1.49%) Jenkins
3 27 (1.49%) JIRA
4 19 (1.05%) NUnit
4 19 (1.05%) Selenium
4 19 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
5 18 (0.99%) Bitbucket
5 18 (0.99%) TeamCity
6 17 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
7 14 (0.77%) Jasmine
8 11 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 10 (0.55%) Maven
9 10 (0.55%) PHPUnit
10 9 (0.50%) CircleCI
10 9 (0.50%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.44%) Gradle
11 8 (0.44%) Moq
11 8 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
12 6 (0.33%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 329 (18.10%) Social Skills
2 167 (9.19%) Finance
3 71 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (3.36%) Public Sector
5 54 (2.97%) Manufacturing
6 51 (2.81%) Marketing
7 47 (2.59%) Law
8 42 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (1.82%) Retail
10 30 (1.65%) Electronics
11 23 (1.27%) Automotive
12 22 (1.21%) Tech for Good
12 22 (1.21%) Telecoms
13 18 (0.99%) Games
14 16 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (0.77%) Banking
16 14 (0.77%) Legal
17 13 (0.72%) Music Industry
17 13 (0.72%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 836 (45.98%) .NET
2 267 (14.69%) .NET Core
3 266 (14.63%) React
4 265 (14.58%) HTML
5 244 (13.42%) CSS
6 213 (11.72%) ASP.NET
7 211 (11.61%) .NET Framework
8 205 (11.28%) AngularJS
9 136 (7.48%) Entity Framework
10 101 (5.56%) RESTful
11 80 (4.40%) Node.js
12 79 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
13 78 (4.29%) Vue
14 74 (4.07%) REST
15 65 (3.58%) ASP.NET MVC
15 65 (3.58%) HTML5
16 54 (2.97%) Blazor
16 54 (2.97%) Laravel
16 54 (2.97%) Web Services
17 50 (2.75%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 65 (3.58%) Algorithms
2 55 (3.03%) Mobile App
3 48 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
4 39 (2.15%) IoT
5 33 (1.82%) Product Ownership
6 27 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
7 24 (1.32%) Client/Server
8 22 (1.21%) Embedded Systems
8 22 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (1.16%) Data Structures
10 16 (0.88%) Cloud Native
11 15 (0.83%) Virtual Team
12 12 (0.66%) Digital Media
12 12 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (0.66%) Management Information System
12 12 (0.66%) Public Cloud
13 11 (0.61%) Blog
14 10 (0.55%) CUDA
14 10 (0.55%) NHS
14 10 (0.55%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 114 (6.27%) Linux
2 93 (5.12%) Windows
3 34 (1.87%) Apple iOS
4 32 (1.76%) Android
5 18 (0.99%) Embedded Linux
6 15 (0.83%) Unix
7 5 (0.28%) Windows Mobile
7 5 (0.28%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.17%) VMS
10 2 (0.11%) AIX
11 1 (0.055%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (25.30%) Agile
2 360 (19.80%) Software Engineering
3 283 (15.57%) Full Stack Development
4 269 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
5 263 (14.47%) DevOps
6 247 (13.59%) Computer Science
7 218 (11.99%) MVC
8 151 (8.31%) CI/CD
9 139 (7.65%) Mentoring
10 138 (7.59%) Microservices
11 128 (7.04%) SDLC
12 126 (6.93%) Artificial Intelligence
13 104 (5.72%) Design Patterns
14 102 (5.61%) Unit Testing
15 96 (5.28%) TDD
16 95 (5.23%) Scrum
16 95 (5.23%) Test Automation
17 91 (5.01%) Code Quality
18 90 (4.95%) Front End Development
19 88 (4.84%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 972 (53.47%) C#
2 503 (27.67%) JavaScript
3 457 (25.14%) SQL
4 215 (11.83%) Java
5 186 (10.23%) TypeScript
6 184 (10.12%) Python
7 135 (7.43%) C++
8 121 (6.66%) C
9 96 (5.28%) PHP
10 53 (2.92%) VB.NET
11 35 (1.93%) Ruby
12 32 (1.76%) T-SQL
13 27 (1.49%) PowerShell
14 23 (1.27%) Go
15 21 (1.16%) VB
16 12 (0.66%) Embedded C
17 10 (0.55%) Bicep
17 10 (0.55%) Perl
18 9 (0.50%) Kotlin
19 8 (0.44%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 315 (17.33%) Degree
2 145 (7.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 90 (4.95%) Security Cleared
4 33 (1.82%) DV Cleared
5 31 (1.71%) Master's Degree
6 27 (1.49%) SC Cleared
7 21 (1.16%) PhD
8 13 (0.72%) DBS Check
9 9 (0.50%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.22%) CIPD
11 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.17%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.17%) BC Cleared
12 3 (0.17%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.11%) HND
14 1 (0.055%) MCSA
14 1 (0.055%) MCSD
14 1 (0.055%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (3.80%) QA
2 8 (0.44%) GDPR
3 5 (0.28%) SLA
4 4 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.17%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.055%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.055%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.055%) WCAG
System Software
1 182 (10.01%) Docker
2 13 (0.72%) Firmware
3 7 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.22%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.055%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 138 (7.59%) Kubernetes
2 29 (1.60%) Terraform
3 12 (0.66%) Ansible
4 9 (0.50%) Kibana
5 7 (0.39%) MIIS
6 5 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (0.22%) WSUS
8 2 (0.11%) Grafana
9 1 (0.055%) Kiali
Vendors
1 201 (11.06%) Microsoft
2 32 (1.76%) Google
3 29 (1.60%) Oracle
4 25 (1.38%) Xamarin
5 18 (0.99%) Xilinx
6 12 (0.66%) Facebook
7 9 (0.50%) IBM
7 9 (0.50%) NVIDIA
7 9 (0.50%) OpenAI
8 7 (0.39%) JDA
8 7 (0.39%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.33%) Autodesk
9 6 (0.33%) F5
9 6 (0.33%) VMware
10 5 (0.28%) ESRI
10 5 (0.28%) HP
10 5 (0.28%) Micro Focus
10 5 (0.28%) New Relic
10 5 (0.28%) Twitter
11 4 (0.22%) Databricks